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Alex Rajewski
Cancer genomics core bioinformatician with extensive experience in single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, epigenetics, genome assembly, and phylogenetics. Also skilled in pipeline development, include Nextflow, Docker, Singularity, and Git. I am an excellent science communicator to both public and professional audiences.
Education
PhD Plant Biology
University of California, Riverside
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2020 - 2015
MS Horticulture
University of Georgia
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2015 - 2013
BS Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology
Drake University
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2010 - 2006
Work Experience
Research Bioinformatician II
Cedars-Sinai Genomics Core
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current - 2021
- Advanced analysis of single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, WES/WGS, CUT&Tag, ATAC-seq
- Pipeline development with Nextflow, Docker, and Git
Congress-Bundestag Fellow & Research Intern
Universität Rostock
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2012 - 2011
- Vaccine production in transgenic plants
- Developed plant transformation methods in lupine, pea, tobacco, and potato
Research Assistant
Pioneer Hi-Bred (Corteva)
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2011 - 2010
- Developed SQL database to integrate phenotypic and genotypic measurements
NSF Research Intern
North Carolina State University
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Aug 2009 - May 2009
- Validated viral protein production in novel hosts
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Multispecies Transcriptomes Reveal Core Fruit Development Genes
Frontiers in Plant Science (Submitted)
Alex Rajewski, Dinusha Maheepala, Jessica Le, Amy Litt
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2022
microRNA-16 mediates anti-fibrotic effects of exosomes in rats with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
Journal of Clinical Investigation (Submitted)
Jae Hyung Cho, Alex Rajewski, Catherine Bresee, Myung Yoon Kim, Thassio Mesquita, Xaviar Jones, Isabelle Pellot, Wenxie Liu, Lizbeth Sanchez, Asma Nawaz, Ahmed Ibrahim, Russell Rogers, Eugenio Cingolani, Eduardo Marbán
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2022
SOX9 switch orchestrates dynamic Wnt niches and kidney myofibroblast activity
Nature (Submitted)
Z. Wang; S. Aggarwal; A. Rajewski; M.K. Bhasin; K. Suresh; M. Yamashita; H. Akiyama; S.A.Karumanchi; S.C. Jordan; P.W. Noble; P.E. Cippà; S. Kumar.
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2022
Datura Genome Reveals Duplications of Psychoactive Alkaloid Biosynthetic Genes and High Mutation Rate Following Tissue Culture
BMC Genomics
Alex Rajewski, Derreck Carter-House, Jason Stajich, and Amy Litt
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2021
The pulmonary microbiome‒angiotensin axis locally reprograms CXCR4hi neutrophils in the lung.
Journal of Experimental Medicine (Submitted)
M. Kim; A.R. Victor; Z. Peng; A. Rajewski; D. Cao; G. Leite; S. Saito; C. Liu; E.A. Bernstein; L.C. Veiras; Z. Khan; J.F. Giani; D.M. Underhill; X. Cui; S. You; K.E. Bernstein; D. Okwan-Duodu.
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2021
in Vitro Plant Regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation of Datura stramonium
Applications in Plant Science
Alex Rajewski, Kevan Elkins, Ashley Henry, Joyce Van Eck, and Amy Litt
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2019
Evolution and Diversification of FRUITFULL Genes in Solanaceae
Frontiers in Plant Science
Dinusha Maheepala, Chris Emerling, Alex Rajewski, Jenna Macon, Maya Stahl, Natalia Pabón-Mora, and Amy Litt
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2019
Classification and phylogenetic analyses of the Arabidopsis and tomato G-type lectin receptor kinases
BMC Genomics
Marcella A. Teixeira, Alex Rajewski, Jiangman He, Olenka G. Castaneda, Amy Litt, and Isgouhi Kaloshian
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2018